S4 SPORTS

The Winnipeg Sun n Saturday, February 25, 2012

SPeCIal TeamS
PaST
(4-0-1) WPG 4, tb 3 PHa 5, WPG 4 (OT) WPG 5, COL 1 WPG 4, bOS 2 WPG 4, MIN 3 (SO)

JeTS: PP 19.1% (7th), PK 80.8% (20th)

Winnipeg Jets (29-26-7) vs. St. Louis Blues (27-26-6)

TONIGHT, 1:10 P.M., MTS CeNTre TWITTer: @WiebeSunSports, @WinSunSports

GameDay
Sun hockey writer Ken Wiebe breaks it down

blueS: PP 14.8% (25th), PK 82.2% (14th)

PaST
(3-2) STL 3, NSH 2 (SO) bOS 4, STL 2 CHI 3, STL 1 STL 4, MIN 0 STL 5, NyI 1

JeTS GameDay lINeS

LeFT WING
Andrew Ladd Evander Kane Tanner Glass Tim Stapleton Toby Enstrom Ron Hainsey Mark Stuart Bryan Little Alex Burmistrov Jim Slater Nik Antropov Dustin Byguflien Johnny Oduya R. Jones/M. Flood

CeNTre

Blake Wheeler Kyle Wellwood Chris Thorburn

rIGHT WING

DeFeNCe PAIrINGS

Chris Mason Ondrej Pavelec

GOALIeS

TONIGHTS maTCHuP
FORWaRDS
top line really rolling

blueS GameDay lINeS

LeFT WING
Andy McDonald Vladimir Sobotka Chris Porter Ryan Reaves David Backes Patrik Berglund Jason Arnott Scott Nichol

CeNTre

T.J. Oshie David Perron Chris Stewart B.J. Crombeen Jaroslav Halak Brian Elliott

rIGHT WING

Carlo Colaiacovo Alex Pietrangelo Barret Jackman Kevin Shattenkirk Kent Huskins Roman Polak Spares: D Ian Cole

DeFeNCe PAIrINGS

GOALIeS

Spares: RW Eric Fehr, RW Antti Miettinen

WinniPEg JETS
26 9 33 13 16 18 80 8 39 4 14 15 29 19 6 22 5 36 20 17 41 12 31 50 PLayer GP G r bLaKe WHeeLer 61 11 L evaNder KaNe 55 24 d duStIN byFuGLIeN 47 10 C KyLe WeLLWOOd 61 12 L aNdreW Ladd 63 20 C bryaN LIttLe 55 18 C NIK aNtrOPOv 55 8 C aLexaNder burMIStrOv 57 12 d tObIaS eNStrOM 43 4 d ZaCH bOGOSIaN 53 3 C tIM StaPLetON 44 8 L taNNer GLaSS 63 5 d JOHNNy Oduya 62 2 C JIM SLater 59 8 d rON HaINSey 39 0 r CHrIS tHOrburN 62 3 d MarK Stuart 61 3 d MarK FLOOd 29 3 r aNttI MIettINeN 27 0 r erIC FeHr 33 1 L JaSON JaFFray 13 0 d raNdy JONeS 27 1 GOaLIe GPI GS MIN Gaa ONdreJ PaveLeC 52 51 3002 2.78 CHrIS MaSON 16 12 783 2.30 a P +/38 49 7 16 40 7 28 38 -11 24 36 4 16 36 1 15 33 -2 19 27 1 11 23 4 17 21 0 18 21 -7 11 19 -6 9 14 -10 11 13 -8 5 13 -9 9 9 7 5 8 -10 5 8 -3 4 7 2 4 4 -7 1 2 -6 1 1 -1 0 1 1 W L Ot SO 23 20 7 3 7 6 0 2 PIM PP SH GW S S% 41 6 0 2 147 7.5 43 6 0 3 204 11.8 58 4 0 2 159 6.3 4 2 0 1 72 16.7 39 3 0 4 192 10.4 16 4 0 6 118 15.3 36 2 0 0 73 11.0 32 1 1 0 96 12.5 28 2 0 1 64 6.3 51 1 0 0 112 2.7 8 4 0 2 51 15.7 54 0 0 1 76 6.6 33 0 0 1 52 3.8 33 0 1 1 87 9.2 6 0 0 0 44 0.0 81 0 0 0 61 4.9 80 0 1 1 49 6.1 8 1 0 1 29 10.3 0 0 0 0 34 0.0 12 0 0 0 49 2.0 7 0 0 0 10 0.0 6 0 0 0 19 5.3 Sa Ga Sv% G a PIM 1557 139 .911 0 2 0 334 30 .910 0 0 0

alex Pietrangelo coming into his own

DeFeNCe

ST. lOuiS bluES

42 74 27 57 44 21 22 20 25 15 17 36 28 46 5 32 10 4 12 6 23 26 75 41 1 PLayer GP G a C davId baCKeS 61 17 25 r t.J. OSHIe 59 15 24 d aLex PIetraNGeLO 60 10 24 L davId PerrON 36 11 17 C JaSON arNOtt 54 13 14 C PatrIK berGLuNd 61 13 14 d KevIN SHatteNKIrK 60 7 20 L aLexaNder SteeN 36 13 11 r CHrIS SteWart 58 13 11 r JaMIe LaNGeNbruNNer 57 4 17 L vLadIMIr SObOtKa 52 4 14 r Matt daGOStINI 52 9 9 d CarLO COLaIaCOvO 45 2 13 d rOMaN POLaK 61 0 11 d barret JaCKMaN 60 1 9 L CHrIS POrter 34 4 3 L aNdy MCdONaLd 10 3 3 d KrIS ruSSeLL 36 3 3 C SCOtt NICHOL 61 2 3 d KeNt HuSKINS 12 2 3 d IaN COLe 18 1 4 r b.J. CrOMbeeN 26 1 2 r ryaN reaveS 43 2 1 GOaLIe GPI GS MIN Gaa W JarOSLav HaLaK 33 33 1953 1.97 17 brIaN eLLIOtt 30 28 1746 1.65 20 P +/42 17 39 12 34 18 28 12 27 12 27 -1 27 22 24 20 24 6 21 9 18 12 18 15 15 10 11 2 10 15 7 2 6 -1 6 11 5 -5 5 6 5 6 3 1 3 0 L Ot SO 10 5 6 7 2 6 PIM 87 42 24 22 22 22 42 22 80 20 32 22 12 53 38 4 2 8 56 2 14 46 76 Sa 829 756 PP 5 2 4 4 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ga 64 48 SH GW S S% 2 4 176 9.7 1 2 140 10.7 0 5 152 6.6 0 2 75 14.7 0 2 114 11.4 1 2 136 9.6 0 2 128 5.5 0 3 113 11.5 0 0 136 9.6 0 2 104 3.8 0 1 79 5.1 0 3 98 9.2 0 2 49 4.1 0 0 72 0.0 0 0 65 1.5 0 1 41 9.8 0 0 29 10.3 0 1 31 9.7 0 0 48 4.2 0 0 8 25.0 0 0 17 5.9 0 0 32 3.1 0 1 28 7.1 Sv% G a PIM .923 0 0 0 .937 0 0 0

Jaroslav Halak among best in NHL with 1.97 Gaa

GOalTeNDING POWeR Play COaCHING OVeRall PeNalTy KIll

Slight edge for visitors

Goals on 7 of past 8 opportunities

Ken Hitchcock was Claude Noels mentor

19 home wins, blues so-so on road

JETS BY THE NUMBERS

VS. WESTERN CONF. VS. CENTRAL DIV. GP 12 3 W 7 0 L 5 3 SOL GF GA 0 28 28 0 5 13

BLUES BY THE NUMBERS

VS. EASTERN CONF. VS. SOUTHEAST DIV. GP 15 4 W 12 4 L 1 0 SOL GF GA 2 48 26 0 12 4

byfugliEn

D Zach Bogosian (upperbody)

JETS

bluES
C Alex Steen (concussion); RW Jamie Langenbrunner (broken foot); RW Matt DAgostini (upper-body); Kris Russell (concussion)

JETS vS. bluES Gall-TiMEPIM lEaDERS GP a P +/duStIN byFuGLIeN aNttI MIettINeN rON HaINSey aNdreW Ladd 22 24 24 16 6 10 16 9 4 13 4 8 12 2 7 9 2 4 -5 3 36 8 11 11

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bluES vS. JETS Gall-TiMEPIM lEaDERS GP a P +/JaMIe LaNGeNbruNNer JaSON arNOtt SCOtt NICHOL barrett JaCKMaN 32 21 7 9 4 17 21 6 13 19 3 2 5 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 25 31 15 12

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